UN calls on governments to align climate change and air pollution policies
The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition have launched a new ‘Clean Air Initiative’, which calls on governments around the world to ‘align climate change and air pollution policies’ by 2030.
Air pollution linked to intensive care visits for newborns
Newborns whose mothers were exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery could be up to 147% times more likely to be admitted to intensive care, research suggests.